Tuning apparatus for electronic equipment



p 1952 R. E. SAMUELSON 2,611,858

TUNING APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Filed April 22, 1948 I77 I/e r1- Zo r- 3062/1554 wee/[50w Patented Sept. 23, 1952 UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFIE EQUIPMENT Robert E. Samuelson, Chicago, Ill., assignor to The Hallicrafters (30., a corporation of Illinois Application April 22, 1948, Serial No. 22,545

8 Claims.

This invention relates to tuning apparatus for electronic equipment, and more particularly to tuningapparatus for transceivers.

'One feature of this invention is that it pro vides improved tuning apparatus; another feature of this invention is that it-provides a trans.- ceiver having means for switching between transmitting and receiving conditions so that said transceiver may operate on predetermined frequencies which may or may not be the same when in respective transmitting and receiving conditions; a further feature of this invention is that it provides a transceiver having means for switching between transmitting and receiving conditions, said transceiver being tunable when in one of said conditions independentlyof and without affecting the operating frequency in the other of said conditions; yet a further feature of this invention is that it provides a transceiver having switching means operated by a single control for switching between transmitting and receiving conditions, so that said transceiver may operate on predetermined different frequencies in said respective conditions; still another feature of this invention'is that it provides a transceiver having a resonant circuit comprising a section of a wave transmission system having only distributed parameters and means for switching said transceiver between transmitting and receiving. conditions, said switching means including a device for changing the active length of said section. 7

Other features and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following specification and from the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of a half wavelength parallel conductor transmission line section; v Fig. 2A is a diagrammatic representation of -a three-eighths wavelength parallel conductor transmission line section terminating in a variable reactive load; I v Fig. 2B is a diagrammatic representation of a transmission line section similar to Fig. 2A, buthaving a shorting switch operable to changethe active length of the line; v 1

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic illustration of a transceiver embodying the invention; and

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic illustration of a trans: ceiver embodying the invention in a modified form.

A common type of combination transmitter-receiver known as a transceiver includes a tube adapted to oscillate and having associated therewith a resonant circuit which in turn is coupled to an antenna. In order to transmit, keying or other modulating means are associated with the tube in such manner that the oscillations developed by the tube and radiated from the antenna include variations representing the intelligence being transmitted. In order to receive, the-appaswitching the apparatus between transmittingand receiving conditions. In conventional trans. ceivers this switchingmeans (which maypcomprise one or more'manuallyuoperated switches or electrically operated relays) generally changes operating potentials as well. as the connections to the modulating apparatus and audio circuits, However, this switching means heretofore has made no change in the resonant circuit. which controls the operating frequency of the transceiver.

A disadvantage of such a transceiveris-that the apparatus is adapted to transmit and reg ceive only on a single frequency, andtherehas been difliculty in .maintaining this frequency during change-over. Of course, the operating frequency may be changed when the transceiver is not operating so that the transceiver will op erate ondifferent preset frequencies, but it has not heretofore been possible to transmit on one frequency and toreceive on a predeterminedconsiderably different frequency,;or to tune dur-- ing reception, without affecting the frequency-at which the. circuit. is resonant when the transceiver is in transmitting condition,. independent tuning oftransmitting and receiving frequencies having been impossible- Despite the useoi a single tuned circuit, the transmitting frequency.

and the receiving frequency have heretofore been slightly different, despite all efforts to the. con, trary, due to differences in operating potentials,

to the eflects of super-regeneration, etc., so that.

the transceiver is ineflicient in thatit is not prop;- erly tuned for either transmission or reception .or both.

I have invented and herewith am disclosing and claiming tuning apparatus for electronicequipn ment which permits such equipment, as forexample a transceiver, to be preset to a given op crating frequency as has been done in the past of operation in the other, of said. conditions- In practice with my apparatus theoperating fre quency of a transceiver may be preset to pro-- vide a predetermined transmitting frequency, and when the transceiver is switchedto' its receivin condition the transceiver may be tuned; overa;

frequency range which preferablyinoludes the preset transmitting frequency independently of.

and without affecting the frequency at which the transceiver will operate if switched back to transmitting. condition. Furthermore, I have provided an arrangement whereby a single control may be utilized to perform the entire switching operation between transmitting and receiving conditions, including the change in operating frequencies as above described.

Referring now to the drawings, Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically an open ended half wave length section of a wave transmission system having only distributed parameters connected to a high frequency source H3. While the line is illustrated as comprising parallel conductors l I and l2, it will be understood that other forms of lines, as for examplecoa 'cial lines may be utilized if'desircd. Furthermore, while the terms half wavelength, quarterwavelength, threeeighth wavelength, etc. are used throughout this.'specification 'and'claims, it is to be understoodthat these term'sgdo not necessarily refer to the absolute length of the transmission line section, but rather refer only, to the terminal portionbf such section, and all of the transmission line sections illustrated herein might comprise any number of" half wavelengths between-the high frequency source and the por- I tion of the line illustrated. In Fig. l, for examp e; while the line is illustrated as comprisingonly a single half wavelength section from the high frequency source I0, the electrical operation would bethe samefif there were one or more half wavelength sections between the portion illustratedand the high frequency source, so long as the line terminates in a half wavelength s ection. Furthermore, obviously the line comprises a' half wave section only at a predetermined OP'ElVGIl iIGQUEIICY. For different frequencies the physical length of the line would b d fe n As "i'swelli understood in the art a half wavelength'transmission line section may be utilized .asparesonant circuit, and an open ended half wavelength transmission line section is the equivalent of a parallel tuned circuit, the input impedanc e'appearingto' the source as a very high resistance. If the dielectric surrounding the conductors were,a'perfect insulator, and if the conductive' properties of the material from which the llinc Wasmade were perfect, the input impedance would be inf nite, and would be purely resistive; f

It has been found to be very advantageous at high and ultra-high frequencies to use a transmissionline sectionl as a resonant circuit. As the operating frequencies become higher, it pro: ressively becomes more 'difii'cult to obtain satisfactory selectivity and the proper high impedance froma conventionalresonant circuit comprising afcoiland aico'ndenser. I On the other hand, as the" frequencies increase, fractional wavelength sections "of wave transmission systems (parallel conductorsjorconcentric conductors) are not only m'ore efficient from an electrical standpoint, but become of practical dimensions since, as the frequency increases, the wavelength decreases.

As is well understood in the art the action of a quarter'wavele'ngth transmission line section shortediat one end is similar to that of an open ended half wavelength section, and in both cases the' high'frequency source looks into a parallel resonant circuit having high input impedance which theoretically is purely resistive.

If thelength of an open ended section is increased ordecreased by an amount less than one-quarter wavelength the input impedance will remain high, but will become reactive in character, this change in impedance appearing as an inductivereactance if the line is made shorter than shown in Fig. l, and appearing as a capacitive reactance if the line is made longer than as shown in Fig. 1. A fractional wavelength transmission line section which has a length between a quarter and a half wavelength at the operating frequency, or which has a length between a half and three-quarters wavelength at the operating frequency, may be made to have an input impedance identical with that of a half wavelength open ended section if said fractional wavelength section is terminated in a reactiveload having a reactance equal to but of opposite characteristics than the reactive character of the input impedance of said open ended fractional section. For example, if a fractional wavelength section between a half and three-quarters wavelength long is terminated in a reactive load having an inductive reactance equal to the capacitive reactance which appears to the input when said fractional section is open ended, the fractional section will have a high input impedance which theoretically is purely resistive similar to an open ended half wavelength section. Similarly if a fractional wavelength section between a quarter and a half wavelength long is terminatedin a reactive load having a capacitive reactance equal to the inductive reactance which appears to the input when saidfractional section is open ended, the fractional section willhave a high input impedance which theoretically is purely resistive similar to an open ended half wavelength section.

I have found it preferable to utilize a threeeighths wavelength section rather than some other fractional section since, at the high frequencies which are generally employed it is more practical to terminate such a transmission line section in a capacitive load than'it is to terminate such a section in an inductive load; and furthermore 'a three-eighths wavelength section is preferable over any other fractional section be tween a quarter and a half wavelength long be cause the inductive component of the input impedance of a three-eighths wavelength section is lower than in any other such fractional section and is equal to the characteristic or surge impedance of the line. This characteristic impedance in each case depends upon the dimensions and spacing of the conductors which co'm prise the line and the dielectric constant of the insulating material surrounding the conductors. Since the inductive component of the input im-' pedance of a three-eighths wavelength section is lower than in any other fractional section between a quarter and a half Wavelength long, it is possible to terminate the line in a very small capacitance, and if the capacitance is made variable so that at some point in its range of variation it has a capacitive reactance at the operating frequency equal to the characteristic impedance of the line, a relatively wide tuning range on either side of the operating frequency will be provided.

In Fig. 2A a line is shown similar to that of Fig. l, but having a length equal to three-eighths of a wavelength, and parallel conductors I la and 12a which comprise the line are coupled at one end to a high frequency source Illa, while the section is terminated in a reactive load comprising a variable capacitance I3. I

In Fig. 25 similar three-eighths'waveleneth parallel conductors Nb and l2b are coupled to a highfrequency source I01) and are terminated in areactive-load comprising a condenser [31), and a switching device [4 is provided for shorting the resonant section to change the active length thereof to a quarter wavelength. The device I4 may comprise a conventional shorting bar when used in conjunction with a line formedlo f parallel conductors, and-while the point of connection of the shorting bar from the ends of the conductors is shown as being fixed, it will be understoodthat in practice the shorting bar would be slidable along the conductors in order that the point of connection may be preset to a point a quarter wavelength from the high frequency source at any given operating frequency. As noted above the electrical characteristics of a quarter wavelength shorted section are'similar to those of a half wavelength open ended section and to a three-eighths wavelength section terminated in a capacitive load of the proper value.

The capacitance l 3 is shown to be variable, and varying this capacitance will have the same effect "on the input impedance of the line as altering the physoial length of a half wavelength line. Thus when the capacitive reactance of the load 13 is of the order of the characteristic impedance of the three-eighths wavelength line the capacitive reactance balances the inductive component of the input impedance and the resonant transmission line section has a high purely resistive input impedance and appears to the high frequency source as an open ended half wavelength line (or as a shorted quarter wavelength line) at the fresuency at Which the shorting bar M is preset. If the switch I4 is open and the capacitive reactance is reduced from this value the input impedance appears tobe inductive in character just as if the half wavelength line were physically shortened and the line is resonant at a higher freqency; and if the-capacitive reactance is increased the input impedance appears to be capacitive in character just as if the the terminals of a transmission line section similar to that shown in Fig. 2B may-be coupled to another tuned circuit toprovide a variable shunt reactance of high value tunable through resonance; oralternatively the resonant section of Fig 23 may be used itself as the complete resonant circuit tunable overa band of frequencies.v In either case the variable reactive load which ter minates the transmission line section is utilized, in one operating condition, for tuning the electronic apparatus with which it is associated.

In Fig. 3 the invention is illustrated as 'utilizing a transmission line section of the type shown in Fig. 23 coupled to the oscillating circuit of a conventional transceiver. The transmitting frequency may be preset with the short circuiting switch device l4 closed. When the transceiver is switched to receiving condition the short circuit is removed, and the receiving frequency may then be tuned by varying the capacitance IS in either direction from its normal value, which would normally be about the mid-point of the range 6' over which it is variable, sometimes hereinafter termed its partial-reactance. Since this normal partial value is preferably arranged to provide a capacitive reactance of 'the order of the characteristic impedance of the transmission line section so that it balances the inductive component of the input impedance, the transceiver may be tuned, when in receiving condition, vto receive a band of frequencies on either side of thetransmitting frequency withoutaffecting the frequency at which'the transceiver operates when in transmitting position; or it may be accurately tuned to the transmission frequency despite differences in operating conditions caused by the changeover.

' In Fig. 3 thetransceiver comprises atube'Zll which may be a triode of tube type No. 6F4 having cathode, grid and anode elements. Thecathode is indirectly heated by means of a filament which may be connected to a voltage source of proper value in conventionalmanner, although a tube having a filamentary cathode, as for example a tube of tube type No. 958, might be used if desired. The cathode is-connected to a con ductor 2! which is grounded by meansof a slider 22. The conductor 2| may comprise a cylindrical vrod of conducting material, preferably having its active surfaces of copper, silver or other highly conductive material. The grid of the tube 20 is coupled through a D. C. blockin condenser to a conductor 24 which is arranged parallel with and is of similar construction to the conductor 2!. A slid'able shorting bar 25 between the conductors determines the active length thereof to I 'understood in the art, the operating'frequency of the transceiver may be selected and p-re'set'by 'ad justing the grid-cathode resonant circuit by means of the shorting bar. 25 and by adjusting the grid-anode resonant circuit'by means of the shorting bar 28. i

Circuit connections for providing operating voltages for the tube 29 may if desired lead through the'hollow conductors 24 and 21, such connections being insulated from the conductors. As'illustrated the grid of the tube- 29 is connected to a lead 30 which extends through the conductor 24 to a relatively low value transmitting; grid leak resistor 3|, and the anode of the tube 20' is connected to a lead 32 which extends through the hollowconductor 21 to a voltage dropping resistor 33, which is of relatively high value, preferably having a resistance of the order of several megohmsr a A transformer designated generally at 34' has a primary 34awhich is connected to a conventional' modulating circuit arrangement here illustrated as a microphone 55 energized by a batteryi 5B. The secondary 34b of the transformer is adapted to be connected in the anode circuit of the tube. 20 to provide plate modulation when the transceiver is in transmitting condition. Connections for utilizingreceived signals when the and which may be connected to a headset, speaker, or other transducer through a lead 36. One end of the transformer secondary 34b and the resistor 35 are connected to a source of anode or B+ voltage.

Switching means are provided for switching the transceiver between transmitting and receiving conditions. ;While this switching means may comprise relays or other types of switches, it is here shown as comprising a manually operated plungertype switch designated generally at 3'! and having an insulating movable operating member 31a provided with a handle 311). A plurality of switch members 38, ii] and 42 are on the operating member 31a, these switch members being of conducting material and acting in coordinated fashion so that a single control may be utilized for switching between transmitting and receiving conditions. A conducting switch member 38 on theoperating'member Sid and movable therewith is adapted to engage and bridge stationary switch contacts 39a and 32b. The contact 39a is connected to the resistors 3i and 33 while the-contact 35b is connected to ground so that with the switch 3? in the position other than that illustrated one end of the resistors 3i and 33 is grounded.

Another movable switch member 40 is on the operating member 37, this switch member cooperating with stationary contacts did and Mb. The contact tie is connected to the anode of the tube 20, while the contact ilt is connected to the audio utilization circuit and to the source of 3+ voltage through the resistor 35.

A third movable switch member 32 on the operating member 3'! is adapted to engage and bridge stationary switch contacts 43a and 43b, this-latter switch being arranged in a manner similar to the switch member 38 so that when the operating member 3'! is in raised position as illustratedwith the movable switch member ii) in engagement with its cooperating contacts, the movable switch members 38 and 42 are moved away. from their cooperating contacts to open the'respective switches. The stationary contact 43a is connected in parallel with the contact ila to the anode of the tube 26, and the stationary contact 431) is connected to the 13+ supply through the modulating transformer.

High frequency signal carrying apparatus is coupled to the resonant output circuit of the transceiver, this signal carrying apparatus comprising a transmission line 44 which may be coupled to an antenna, and which is coupled to the grid-anode circuit by means of a hairpin coupling arrangement which may comprise a single loop 45 adjacent the conductors 24 and 27.

The operation of the transceiver described above is conventional. The sliding shorting bars 25 and 28 and the grounded sliding bar 22 may be adjusted to provide input and output circuits which are resonant at a given frequency. The transceiver is shown in receiving condition, 3+ anode voltage being sup-plied from the source through the resistor 35, the switch contacts Mb and 41a and the lead 32. This arrangement provides the tube with an anode voltage which is lower than the source voltage because of the voltage drop across the resistor '85. The high resistance grid leak 33 in series with the low resistance 3| provides, in conjunction with grid condenser 23,. a proper time constant for selfquenching action so that the transceiver operates as a super-regenerative amplifier and detector, the coupling between the grid-cathode and grid- 8 anode circuits resulting in regeneration sufiicient to cause the tube 20 to-oscillate, while the circuit including resistors 33 and 3| and condenser 23 causes the tube periodically to cease oscillation at a relatively low quench frequency.

In the event it is desired to transmit, the switch 3! is operated so that the switching bars -38 and 42 bridge their respective cooperating contacts while the switch bar M is separated from its respective cooperating contacts. This action switches the secondary 34b of the modulating transformer 3t into the anode circuit, removes the voltage dropping resistor 35 and connects the resistors 3| and 33 to ground. Anode voltage is now, at a higher value as the resistance of the transformer secondary 34b provides only a small voltage drop, and since the relatively low value grid leak 3! is now connected to ground the tube 26 oscillates continually and may be anode modulated if desired. Energy in the resonant gridanode circuit is coupled into the transmission line 44 and radiated from the antenna in conventional manner. While the operating frequency may be preset by means of the grounded.

slider 22 and the shorting bars 25 and 28, the apparatus so far described provides no means for independently changing the frequency at which the grid-anode circuit is resonant inreceiving condition without also changing the frequency at which said circuit is resonant in transmitting condition, nor for tuning the transceiver when it is in receiving condition independently of and without affecting the operating frequency when the transceiver is in transmitting condition. Furthermore, because of the change in anode voltage between transmitting and receiving conditions and because of the ground connection of the grid leak resistor 31 during transmission, there would be a change in operatin frequency between transmission and reception.

In order to overcome these disadvantages a second resonant circuit is here shown as coupled to the resonant grid-anode circuit of the tube. This second resonant circuit comprises a fractional wavelength section of a wave transmission system having only distributed parameters here shown as a three-eighths wavelength parallel conductor transmission line section similar to the transmission line section shown in Fig. 2B and designated in Fig. 3 by the reference characters Nb and 122). At one end the parallel con,- ductors Nb and l2b are illustrated as being tapped onto the oscillator grid-anode circuit at a suitable position, although it will be understood that other means of coupling, as for example a hairpin, might be utilized if desired.

The other end of the secondresonant circuit is terminated in a reactive load comprising a variable condenser I31), and a shorting bar I 4', located at the quarter wavelength position on the transmission line section, is carried by the switch operating member 31a. When the trans ceiver is in receiving condition as illustrated the shorting bar M is spaced from the conducting members Ho and 122; so that the frequency at which the transciever is operable may be varied over a range by varying the capacitance 13b. However, when the switch 3'! is operated to switch the transceiver into transmitting position the shorting bar shorts an adjustable portion of the transmission line section and changes its active length to a quarter wavelength, thus completely shorting out the capacitance [31). As pointed out earlier in connection with the description of Fig. 23, if the line is three-eighths wavelength long and is terminated in a reactive load having a .capacitive partial-reactance of theorder of the characteristic impedance of the line, the electrical characteristics of the line are equivalentto thecharacteristics of a quarter wavelength shorted line. Thus the transceiver may be preset, with the bar I4 in shorting position, so that its grid-anode circuit is resonant at a predetermined operating frequency during transmission, and during reception said circuit, with the short removed, will be tunable independently of and without affecting the frequency at which said circuit is resonant when the transceiver is in transmitting condition. .Furthermore, if the capacitance I3b' is arranged to have a capacitive partial-reactanceof the order of the characteristic impedance of the line which it terminates at the operating frequency, when in receiving conditio'n the transceiver will be tunable throughouta range including the frequency at which the transceiver is operative when in transmitting condition.

In Fig. 4 a modified form of the invention .is shown wherein a three-eighths wavelength transmission line section terminating in a. reactive load and having switch'means including. a device for changing theefiective length of the section is used directly as the complete resonant circuit associated with a grid-modulator transceiver. In'Fig. 4 reference characters'are used 100 higher than those used for similar structural elements in Fig. 3.

The transceiver of Fig. 4 comprises a tube 120 I which may be of tube type No. SIM and which has cathode, grid and anode elements. A cylindrical conductor I2I is connectedtothe cathode, this conductor being grounded by means of a grounded slider I22. The grid 'of the tube is directly connected to a conductor II2b' which is parallel to the conductor IZI. The anode of the tube I20 is coupled through a D. C. blocking condenser I26 to another conductor III-b parallel to and of similar construction and length to the conductor I I2b'. Anode voltage is supplied from a B+ source through a lead I32 which incorporates a voltage dropping and plate load resistor I35,and lead I32 extends through (but not in electrical contact. with)- the conductor IIIb'.- A high value grid leak resistor I3 I is connected to the conductor I I2b' through a'radio frequency choke I50, a by-passycondenser II further serving to keep the left end (in the drawing) of the resistor I33 at A. C. ground potential; and the other or right end of the resistor is connected-to the lead I32, from which an audio utilization lead I36 extends toa headset, speaker or other transducer.

A modulating transformer designated generally at I34 includes a primary I34a which may be coupled to a conventional modulating device in the manner shown in Fig. 3, and asecondary I34b. One end of the secondary is connected to ground through a resistor I52 and the other end of the secondary-is connected to the conductor I I Ib' through a radio frequency choke I53.

The resonant section of a wave transmission system having only distributed parameters comprising the conductors IIIb" and I IN) is threeeighths wavelength long and terminates in a reactive load comprising a capacitance I I3b having a capacitive partial-reactance of the order of the characteristic impedance of the line which it terminates. A shorting bar switch H4 is adapted to short an adjustable portion of the conductors H21) and UN) to changethe active the type shown in Figs. 3 and i may length of said conductors 'to-acuarter wavelength.

With the shOrtingsWitch H4 open as' illustrated the transceiver is in receiving condition.

The modulating circuit is disconnectedirom -the grid and the transceiver operates as asuperregenerative detector-amplifier. While not'-illus trated, an antenna may be-coupled to the transceiver in the [same manner as shown in Figi-3.

If the switch H4 is closed the transceiveris switched to transmitting condition. The active length of the resonant'circuitis changed to a quarter wavelength shorted" section an'd' the variable capacitance II3b'- is no 'l'onger-efiective. At the same time the modulating circuit is connected to the grid through theficonductor I-IIb" and the switch I I4, thus throwing a low resistance shunt around the large grid "'l-eakresistor I33 and effectively removing said grid leak resistor from the circuit so that superregenerative'opera tion is stopped and the circuit ,oscillatescontinuj ously. If desired an additional-switch"section may be utilized to reduce anodeyoltage whe'n the transceiver is in receivingconditionk ob viously this switch section maybe "arranged to be operated simultaneously with the switeh' I'M so-that there is only asingle'control'for switch ing the transceiver between transmitting andr'eceiving conditions.- 1 #1 As in the case of the 'apparatus illustrated in Fig. 3 the frequencymay be presetto a p'redetermined point, and the transceiver-will transmit-on this frequency, the capacitance-113D"being out of the circuit. When the switch" I I'4 is' opened to switch the transceiver to-receiving condition the short across the line is removedahd there'sonant circuit associated with the transceiver is tunable by means of thecapacitance 'I I3b"- ind ependently of and without affecting the frequency acwmch said circuit is reso'nantwhen the-transceiver is in transmitting condition. Operating circuits of I iliz components having values'as follows-'for op'eration at about 465 -megacycl'es:- condenser 2=3,"10"micro'-; microfarads; condensers 26 'and- I'26-,-;500 fmic'rd microfarads cond'nsers'ISb and II3-b variable through a range'frorn '1'16 microinicrofarads to "7.5 micromicrofara'ds; resistor*3I,- 4,000 ohms; sistors 33 and I33, 10 megohm-sf resistors 35 and I35, 30,000 ohms; condenser'I5I,'-l"0 'micrornicrofarads and resistor I52, 4000'ohms;* The"trans mission line section I Ib,"l2b maly h'ave achar acteristic impedance of IOOohmsj and the' 3+ voltage may be in the range from 60 to"l 5 volts.

While I have shown and described certain em bodiments of myinvention, it is" to-be-understocd that it is capable of 'maiiy--- "odificatio ns'. Changes, therefore, in the constru ion" and are rangement may be made without departingfrom the spiritand scopeof the invent as disclosed in the appendedcla-ims.

1. A transceiver of the character described; comprising: a tube adapted to oscillate" circuit connections for providing operating voltag a resonant circuit consisting'oi a section or, a-wave transmission system having on-lyfdistriliiuted parameters associated with-said tub sai section having an inputimped'anc'e with-a' reactive component; a variable r'eactor lo dte rminating said section at one end thereoff loadhav a partial-reactance of 'the order; of and o to the input reactance of said"-'s'ection switching 'means for switching said {transceiver between transmitting and receiving conditions;

said switching means including a device for shorting an adjustable portion of said section to change the active length thereof. 7

21A transceiver of the character described, comprising: a tube adapted to oscillate; circuit connections for providing operating voltages; a resonant circuit comprising a tunable section of a wave transmission system having only distributed parameters associated with said tube; a reactive load comprising a variable capacitance terminating said section at one end thereof for tuning said transceiver; and switching means operated by a single control for switching said transceiver between transmitting andlreceiving conditions, said switching means including a device for shorting an adjustable portion of said section to change the active length thereof.

3.-A transceiver of the character described, comprising: a tube adapted to oscillate; circuit connections for providing operating voltages; a resonant circuit associated with said tube and comprising a transmission line section having an electrical length less than half but greater than a quarter wavelength of a given frequency; a

reactiveloadterminating said section at one end thereof, said load comprising a capacitance having a partial-reactance of the order of the input reactance of said section; and switching means for switching said transceiver between transmitting and receiving conditions, said switching means including a device for shorting said section to change the active length thereof to a quarter wavelength of said given frequency.

4. A transceiver of the character described, comprising: a tube adapted to oscillate; circuit connections for providing operating voltages; a resonant circuit associated with said tube and comprising a transmission line section having an electrical length less than half but greater than a quarter wavelength of a given frequency; a variable reactive load terminating said section at one end thereof for tuning said section when'said transceiver is in receiving condition, said load comprising a variable capacitance adapted to have a capacitive partial-reactance of the order of the input reactance of said section; and switching means operated by a single control for switching said transceiver between transmitting and receiving conditions, said switching means including. a device for shorting said section to change the active length thereof to a quarter wavelength of said given frequency when said transceiver .is in transmitting condition.

5. A transceiver of the character described, comprising: a tube adapted to oscillate, said tube having at least cathode, grid and anode elements; circuit connections for providing operating voltages; a, resonant circuit comprising a transmission line section connected to said grid and anode elements, said line having an electrical length between one-quarter and one-half wavelength of a given frequency and terminating in a reactive load; and switching means for switching said transceiver between transmitting and receiving conditions, said switching means including a single device for shorting said section to change the active length thereof to one-quarter wavelength-and for connecting at least a portion of said operating voltages to said tube.

6. A transceiver of the character described, comprising: a tube adapted to oscillate, said tube having at least cathode, grid and anode elements; circuit connections for providing operating voltages; a resonant circuit comprising a parallel conductor transmission line section having an electrical length of the order of three-eighths wavelength of a given frequency and connected to said grid and anode elements a variable re active load terminating said section at oneend thereof for tuning said section when said transceiver is in receiving condition, said load comprising a variable capacitance adapted to have a capacitive partial-reactance of the order of the characteristic impedance of said section; means for coupling an antenna to said resonant circuit; apparatus for modulating oscillations developed by said tube; connections for utilizing received signals; and switching means for switching said transceiver between transmitting and receiving conditions, said switching means including a single device for shorting said section to change the eiiective length thereof to a quarter wavelength of saidgiven frequency when said transceiver is in transmitting condition and for connecting said modulating apparatus to said tube.

7. A transceiver of the character described, comprising: a tube adapted to oscillate, said tube having cathode, grid and anode elements; circuit connections for providing operating voltages; a first resonant circuit connected to said grid and anode elements; a second resonant circuit comprising a transmission line section coupled to said first resonant circuit for controlling the operating frequency of said transceiver, said line having an electrical length between onequarter and one-half wavelength of a given frequency and terminating in a reactive load; and switching means for switching said transceiver between transmitting and receiving conditions, said switching means including a device for changing the active length of said section to onequarter wavelength.

8..A transceiver of the character described,

comprising: a tube adapted to oscillate, said tube having cathode, grid and anode elements; circuit connections for providing operating voltages; a first resonant circuit comprising a transmission line section connected to said grid and anode elements; a second resonant circuit coupled to said first resonant circuit for controlling the operating frequency of said transceiver, said second resonant circuit comprising a parallel conductor transmission line section having a length oftheorder of three-eighths wavelength of agiven frequency; a variable reactive load terminating said second section for tuning said section when said transceiver is in receiving condition, said load comprising a variable capacitance adapted to have a capacitive partial-reactance of the order of'the characteristic impedance of 'said' second section; and switching means operated by a single control for switching said transceiver between transmitting and receiving conditions, said switching means including a device for shorting said second section to change the eiiective length thereof to a quarter Wavelength of said given frequency when said transceiver is in transmitting condition.

- ROBERT E. SAMUELSON.

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